GVSU student mentors prime small businesses for success
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Founder shares how nonprofit highlights generosity of tourism industry professionals
GVSU Professor Patty Janes used her experience with the hospitality and tourism industries to create a nonprofit initiative that engages Michigan industry professionals in volunteerism. Thousands of volunteers have participated in efforts to rehabilitate state attractions in need through Michigan Cares for Tourism.
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Healthy Habits Start Now through collaboration between Livingston and Washtenaw counties
Livingston Educational Service Agency's Healthy Habits Start Now (HHSN) program helps families understand the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables every day and the benefits of being more physically active.
Boys & Girls Club steps up to support youth during the pandemic
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland has used a $10,000 grant from Comcast to purchase up-to-date technology. The investment gives the organization a way to offer youth the means to more efficiently do their schoolwork and improve their digital literacy.
GVSU President Philomena Mantella on a year of accelerating initiatives and creativity amid crisis
Having spent over half of her tenure thus far leading a major university amid a global pandemic, Grand Valley State University President Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. is hard at work implementing and accelerating initiatives that she hopes will create lifelong learners through relationship-based teaching, whether this occurs remotely, or in small groups on campus.
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Nonprofit LAHC breaks barriers to physical activity for Dearborn residents
The nonprofit Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities has spent decades providing a variety of services for Dearborn residents, most recently using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education funding to make physical activity more accessible to all.
Michigan schools once lagged in behavioral health care. Here’s how they made it a priority.
Thanks to new findings, new funding, and a new focus on mental health, Michigan’s schools are expanding behavioral health services.
BruceMichael Wilson aims to shift the narrative for Black farmers
BruceMichael Wilson, owner of Groundswell Farm in Zeeland, has as his next endeavor, Dunyun, an enterprise that will train Black youth to be the farmers of a more equitable future.
Momentum Center/task force to kick off racism town halls
The Momentum Center has brought together 20 other organizations to form the (Anti) Racism Task Force and will conduct monthly Town Hall Meetings on Race and Racism.
MSU grad praises TRIO Upward Bound, Promise Scholarship for success in college and beyond
Michael Sandoval was surprised when he received a Holland/Zeeland Promise Scholarship, which meant he could attend MSU without accumulating student debt. He credits summers spent in Upward Bound classes at Hope College with keeping him focused on what he wanted to achieve, academically and in life.
Founder shares how nonprofit highlights generosity of tourism industry professionals
GVSU Professor Patty Janes used her experience with the hospitality and tourism industries to create a nonprofit initiative that engages Michigan industry professionals in volunteerism. Thousands of volunteers have participated in efforts to rehabilitate state attractions in need through Michigan Cares for Tourism.
Partner Partner Content Healthy Habits Start Now through collaboration between Livingston and Washtenaw counties
Livingston Educational Service Agency's Healthy Habits Start Now (HHSN) program helps families understand the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables every day and the benefits of being more physically active.
Boys & Girls Club steps up to support youth during the pandemic
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland has used a $10,000 grant from Comcast to purchase up-to-date technology. The investment gives the organization a way to offer youth the means to more efficiently do their schoolwork and improve their digital literacy.
GVSU President Philomena Mantella on a year of accelerating initiatives and creativity amid crisis
Having spent over half of her tenure thus far leading a major university amid a global pandemic, Grand Valley State University President Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. is hard at work implementing and accelerating initiatives that she hopes will create lifelong learners through relationship-based teaching, whether this occurs remotely, or in small groups on campus.
Partner Partner Content Nonprofit LAHC breaks barriers to physical activity for Dearborn residents
The nonprofit Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities has spent decades providing a variety of services for Dearborn residents, most recently using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education funding to make physical activity more accessible to all.
Michigan schools once lagged in behavioral health care. Here’s how they made it a priority.
Thanks to new findings, new funding, and a new focus on mental health, Michigan’s schools are expanding behavioral health services.
BruceMichael Wilson aims to shift the narrative for Black farmers
BruceMichael Wilson, owner of Groundswell Farm in Zeeland, has as his next endeavor, Dunyun, an enterprise that will train Black youth to be the farmers of a more equitable future.
Momentum Center/task force to kick off racism town halls
The Momentum Center has brought together 20 other organizations to form the (Anti) Racism Task Force and will conduct monthly Town Hall Meetings on Race and Racism.
MSU grad praises TRIO Upward Bound, Promise Scholarship for success in college and beyond
Michael Sandoval was surprised when he received a Holland/Zeeland Promise Scholarship, which meant he could attend MSU without accumulating student debt. He credits summers spent in Upward Bound classes at Hope College with keeping him focused on what he wanted to achieve, academically and in life.
